Day School Students
In recent years we have extended our services to include day students attending schools and colleges
By offering high levels of support and care we help students through their teenage years when they face the added demands of important exams, which allows them to focus their abilities on their academic work
We support students as they make the transition from school life to sixth form and on to become conscientious students at university, who are happily able to live and study independently
We offer day school students’ a comprehensive range of fully inclusive care suited to their unique needs and age
This includes
- Long term host family accommodation close to the student’s schools and within reach of good public transport services. In small cities like Cambridge it is important students live with host families who are both central to the city and close to their chosen schools
- A close, personal relationship as we help students achieve their personal and academic goals
- Registering with local authorities and service and medical providers
- Personalised assistance with the students’ academic growth and social development including specialised mentoring and support services with our extensive network of teachers.
By providing day students with all of our premium services along with a package of extra support tailored to those living and studying independently we ensure that these students’ receive the extra levels of care more usually provided by boarding schools, while they enjoy the advantages of supported city living.
Our Guardianship and Host Family services are available for the full school year. Please contact us to find out more about our fully inclusive Guardianship and Host Family packages of care.
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| Minimum number of formal student visits during each term | 2 |
| Long term host family selection
Our day students are placed with long term host families. it is important these students have quick easy access to their place of study and to the city facilities that will make their stay enjoyable We do not place day students in out of city villages or in areas that require long bus or train journeys. If a day student pre visits, we include maps with distances to College clearly show
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| Increased levels of host-family contact and assistance
Our day students stay with long term host families during term time and the mid term breaks, we have regular formal and informal communication with our families
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| Increased levels of parent contact and assistance
We enjoy close, warm and open communication with our day students families and happily answer all questions or concerns.When parents visit we can help with recommending accommodation and provide airport transfers.
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| Emergency 24-hour phone service
We provide an emergency service for day students while they are at school, this includes when they are on College trips and if they return to their host families before the start of term or leave after the end of term
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| Increased levels of student contact and assistance
We are on call 24/7 while our day students are staying with their host families and we maintain contact with our students through email, text, phone, Skype, messaging and WhatsApp- depending on the students preference. We become like a locally based parent who knows each student well as we arrange everything from transport for weekend trips to communicating with their friends and their parents
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| Increased levels of attendance at School events
We can attend all College events that parents are invited to attend
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| Host family security checks
All family members age 16 years + will be enhanced DBS security checked for our students protection and we hold two references on a students primary carer. We carry out annual re inspections of host families. Families receive a comprehensive induction pack including manuals and policies to cover most eventualities and they are encouraged to take online Child protection training
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| Increased levels of Academic support
We are closely involved in our day students academic aims and ambitions, we can provide parents with impartial academic advice and feedback. We attend the termly teacher conference meetings and important academic and pastoral meetings and if requested we can offer personally tailored tuition with our network of experienced teachers and highly qualified tutors based on the students IB or A Level courses
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| Learning Support Assistance with fully qualified tutors
We communicate between schools and families arranging learning support assessments and we organise tutoring sessions outside school hours our teachers are experienced and work closely with the schools to provide study support, please contact us for further details
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| Transportation arrangements
We arrange transport with fully DBS checked drivers who hold the current and correct insurances. In addition to the start and end of term transfers we arrange transport for our students when they have open days, university visits, work experience etc
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| Increased levels of administration assistance
We will assist day students with all aspects of their administrative needs. This includes registering on arrival with all authorities and medical providers
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| Follow-on school and university advice
We attend all competitive university meetings arranged by the schools and we offer objective advice about next steps be it new schools or advice on potential subject choice at University
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| Half term Specialist Courses arrangements
We arrange personally tailored tuition during the short holidays with a network of tutors who are qualified to teach study skills, critical thinking and a range of A Level and IB subjects. Please contact us for further details
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